Rufus J Squirrel

The elected officials responsible for defrauding the citizens of Jefferson County are all in jail. There is no reason that the financial institutions that directly participated in, and in some cases instituted the fraud, should benefit financially. I can't believe all you people actually think JeffCo should be liable for anything more than the principle. Why should we have to pay 1.6 billion for a few hundred thousand in LL's suits and dental work?

The reason 50% don't pay anything is because they're either retirees or they don't make enough money to be eligible for taxes (but everyone pays sales taxes so the 50% claim is bogus on its face). The more telling aspect of how completely upside-down our entire economy is, though, is that so many people are making so little. The wealthy contribute more and more as a percentage of tax revenue (not as a percentage of their income, mind you - which continues to fall) but all that means is fewer and fewer are getting a slice of the pie.

It's not a liberal media conspiracy. Even though their existence has long been known, the US didn't publicly acknowledge the program and what we do with them. Just like with Awlaki - Obama said we killed him but refused to officially say how.

What state welfare program are you so upset about? And why does it bother you more that people are supposedly sitting around on a tiny welfare check because they love being horrible leeches on the government while you don't make one mention of the legions of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan that are making exponentially more money - all tax-free - than your average grunt?

Except that it's not at all really true in any way but go ahead and ascribe things to Obama to make yourself feel better. And be sure to bring him up in every conversation about everything remotely negative that happens in this country regardless of the context or issue.